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		Phrenzy on Feb 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The secret sauce of TikTok’s recommendations Emotions garner attachment. Negative emotions even more so.

rootusrootus on Feb 18, 2023 [–]

I guess that makes sense. Just following the user's preference gets only positive content, which is great, but carefully steering them to something darker is even better.

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